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2026 › January › 14
Labour
5 months ago
The Government is set to scrap its Islamophobia definition in favour of the new phrase in a bid to head off claims that it is creating a blasphemy law by the back door.
Labour is 'squeezing the life out of hospitality': Hotel chiefs slam 'punitive' business rates hikes and call for pubs tax U-turn to be extended ⊖
As the backlash over the Chancellor's botched business rates reforms mounts, Sir Rocco Forte described it as 'a mess of the government's own making'.
Labour considers ban on under-18s buying non-alcoholic drinks in pubs over fears it's a 'gateway' to boozing ○
The move would see alcohol-free drinks, including 0 per cent beers like Lucky Saint and Guinness 0.0, off the market to children and teenagers.
Faisal Islam: Why the Northern Powerhouse Rail plan will really go ahead this time ⊖
Faisal Islam says the Labour argues the difference in its plans this time is that the planning has come first.
PMQs: Badenoch mocks Starmer over digital ID U-turn ⊖
The Tory leader pushed the PM over Labour's many U-turns — and questioned his ability to govern.
'Waffling' Starmer is mauled over shambolic ID cards U-turn in brutal PMQs as furious Labour MPs say they can't defend government policies ⊖⊖
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
During brutal PMQs clashes, Kemi Badenoch accused Keir Starmer of 'waffling' as he tried to gloss over his latest humiliation.
Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs amid criticism over digital ID U-turn – UK politics live ⊕
Ministers have rolled back central element of digital ID plans, possibly allowing people to use other forms of identification to prove their right to work
Here are extracts from three interesting comm…
Labour faces elections apocalypse in Wales as poll shows nationalists Plaid and Reform surging - but Farage's party is set to be shut out of power ⊕⊕
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
First Minister Eluned Morgan could see her party reduced from its current 29 seats to just eight in a May election that would allow nationalists Plaid Cymru and the Greens take power.
Labour and the Tories are banking on a return to the ‘old normal’. That’s not what voters want | Rafael Behr ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
An economic recovery could still change the parties’ fortunes. But the days when only two parties were licensed to supply Britain with prime ministers are gone
Unpopular politicians take consolation i…
QUENTIN LETTS: Not a single backbench MP backed the new spy base - sorry, I mean new embassy ⊖
Not a single backbencher supported the planned London spy base - sorry, I do apologise, I mean embassy. Even some of Labour's most assiduous greasers criticised the proposal.